State health officials on Friday reported 45 new COVID-19 cases on Hawaii Island, bringing the total number of cases to 911 since Feb. 28.
State health officials on Friday reported 45 new COVID-19 cases on Hawaii Island, bringing the total number of cases to 911 since Feb. 28.
The new Hawaii Island cases were among 101 new positive results announced by the Hawaii COVID-19 Joint Information Center Thursday bringing the statewide tally to 13,300. Oahu reported 86 new cases and Maui County reported one.
As of noon Friday, 2,649 of those known cases were considered active, including 242 cases on Hawaii Island. An active case is defined as an individual who has tested positive for the coronavirus and is being monitored by the Department of Health.
According to the Department of Health, 131 cases have onset dates within 28 days in the Kailua-Kona area and 118 cases have onset dates within the past 28 days in the Hilo area.
Statewide, 911 COVID-19 patients have required hospitalization, including 47 on Hawaii Island, according to the center’s noon update.
Meanwhile, the state reported two new coronavirus-related deaths on Oahu.
Of the 166 coronavirus-related deaths confirmed and reported to date among Hawaii residents to date, 138 were on Oahu, 12 were on Maui, 15 were on Hawaii Island, and one was a Kauai resident receiving treatment in Arizona at the time he died.
Including a death Monday at Kona Community Hospital and Thursday at Hilo Medical Center, Hawaii Island has seen 36 people die from the novel coronavirus. That figure includes 27 residents of the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home and two from Life Care Center of Hilo. The state has yet to confirm and report the last 21 deaths on the island.
